U2start.com | Holograms (general discussion)

Not sure if this is the correct place, but........

Now that everyone has been blown away by the Tupac hologram what does the future hold?.
Aside from a personal wishlist such as Hutch performing with INXS again etc, I would like to see this technology becoming more practical in the future.
If this could be incorporated into the household (such as cinema projectors have) we could have The Edge as a personal guitar instructor taking people through his best licks or private concerts by pavarotti etc.

It may seem a bit out there now, but look how much technology has moved forward in the last 5 years alone.

What would you like to see?

Mr_Trek

12 years

Pavarotti is unfortunately not alive anymore.

Yeah, the hologram technology should be fun to see progress.

Is this really in the right section? Feels like a technology topic.

Zooropean

12 years

Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Pavarotti is unfortunately not alive anymore.

Yeah, the hologram technology should be fun to see progress.

Is this really in the right section? Feels like a technology topic.

Tupac and Hutch are both dead which as why I mentioned Pavarotti.

iTim

12 years

Isn't Freddie Mercury 'performing' again soon?

Mr_Trek

12 years

Originally posted by Zooropean:[..]

Tupac and Hutch are both dead which as why I mentioned Pavarotti.

Ahh, I thought that since you mentioned Edge along with Pavarotti, you meant him giving live concerts or something. Sorry. Making a good hologram to operatic singing would be a lot harder than making one for rap.

Ali709

12 years

It wasn't an actual hologram, it was just an optical illusion. Tupac was in 2D, not a real 3D hologram:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/04/tupac-hologram-merely-pretty-cool-optical-illusion/

It's actually a century old trick, but combined with today's CGI, it can amaze. Cool thing nonetheless...but I think it gets old and boring soon. We would love to see a lot of old bands/artists resurrected...take John Lennon for example, but not like this.

Genaro92U2

12 years

I was at Coachella this year and I saw the "hologram" it was kind of AMAZING. Sure you didn't really believe he was alive or anything, but it was cool to have that as more than just a screen showing a prerecorded performance

ahn1991

12 years

Originally posted by Zooropean:Now that everyone was played for suckers by the Tupac hologram what does the future hold?.

Fixed for accuracy. Tupac is dead. Bringing a hologram of him to a live stage is incredibly insulting to both Tupac and all other live acts. There's a proper way to pay homage to Tupac. Attempting to recreate him as a mere shade of his actual person is definitely not the proper way to do it. Also, the live stage should be reserved for those who are still alive.

The idea of having a hologram as an instructor already exists, at least in theory. Every time somebody buys a workout/training DVD, that's essentially what you are doing.

As I said above, this hologram is an insult to both Tupac and live music because people think they can use technology to recreate a human presence. I hope the idea of using holograms in live settings dies a quick death so we can focus on keeping the human element alive in entertainment.

LikeASong

12 years